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Skateboarding, hanging with friends, swearing in public: These are the kinds of things that can divide generations, or so suggests a new U.K. study that examined reactions to various behaviours between age cohorts

Skateboarding, hanging with friends, swearing in public: These are the kinds of things that can divide generations, or so suggests a new U.K. study that examined reactions to various behaviours between age cohorts

A new study from Queen's University has found obese teenage girls are three times more likely to be bullies than the slimmer girls in their class — a finding that highlights the very cyclical nature of bullying

A controversial new study suggests that in neighbourhoods where extreme conservatism prevails, the presence of one more same-sex couple for every 1,000 households is linked to a 1% drop in housing prices. In liberal neighbourhoods, by contrast, researchers find the associated effect of gays and lesbians on housing prices to be positive.

By Marianne White QUEBEC — The first settlers to colonize the wilderness of northeastern Quebec had more offspring and were more successful in passing on their genes than those who followed, according to a genealogical research published Thursday in the journal Science. The study, conducted by Canadian and Swiss researchers, looked at the genealogy of […]

By Misty Harris You may not be able to judge a book by its cover, but a new study suggests you can judge future happiness by a Facebook photo. Reporting in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, researchers find that smile intensity from a single profile picture can predict how satisfied a person will […]